On June 14, the New Jersey Supreme Court agreed to hear the appeal over whether the special U.S. Senate election should be on October 16 or November 5. See this story.
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The California Green Party’s statewide meeting in Napa, California, will include a panel of Green Party officeholders. Participating in the panel will be the Mayor of Richmond, Gayle McLaughlin; the Mayor of Marina, Bruce Delgado; a Fairfax City Councilmember, Renee Goddard; and a Berkeley Rent Board Commissioner (which is an elected position), Jesse Townley. The panel will be on June 22, Saturday, 7:30 p.m., at Slack Collective Studios, 964 Pearl Street, Suite B. The event is free to the public.
New Jersey requires 800 valid signatures for independent candidates, and the nominees of unqualified parties. This year the Libertarian gubernatorial petition for Ken Kaplan had 1,033 signatures, and the Peace & Freedom gubernatorial petition for Willie Araujo had 1,372 signatures. Democrats challenged the validity of both petitions, but after a court hearing, Democrats withdrew their challenges. See this story. Also, see this story on UncoveredPolitics about Araujo.
This month, Green Parties in Portland, Maine, and Arlington County, Virginia, successfully qualified local initiatives for the ballot. See this story about the Virginia initiative petition that asks voters if they wish to establish a local housing authority, and this story about the Maine initiative petition for marijuana reform.
A group of Kansas voters, led by Aaron Estabrook, has formed a Moderate Party and hopes to be able to qualify the party for the 2014 ballot. See this story.